BAPTISM;

There is an interesting story to how the translators of the bible came to use this word. The New Testament is primarily written in Greek. The Greek word used where we read baptism is the word ‘baptizo”. This word always denotes one thing being whelmed over by another thing. The translators felt so strongly about giving the correct translation Anglicized the word. Basically they left it as it was while spelling it in a way we could read it in English. Thus the word ‘baptism’ is not in reality an English word. The translators wanted those who would read the Bible to know when you read this word it always means one thing being overwhelmed by another thing. This is why it is Biblically correct to only baptize [overwhelm] someone by dipping them into and under water. Water because everyone who was baptized in the Bible was baptized in water. We can be confident this is correct because we know the word ‘baptizo’ always means to be whelmed over.

All the New Testament salvation experiences occurred in the book of Acts. In Acts 2:38, Acts 8:16, Acts 10:48, Acts 19:5 the name of Jesus is referred to as the name called over those being baptized. In Acts 4:12 the Apostle Peter tells us that; “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” In the book of Acts 22:16 the Apostle Paul states that the man who baptized him asked him this question; “And why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”  We believe that in order to conform to what the Word of god has revealed to us we must baptize men and women in or calling upon the name of Jesus.

The Apostles taught that baptism was for the remission of sins. The word remission means; to pardon, liberation. When we are baptized in water all prior sins are remitted. They are rendered invisible or as if they never existed. Freed from the burden of past transgressions we can concentrate on living before our Savior. [Read Romans 8:1-4]